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Cinematic Contest
Brief Overview:
Cinematic ContestWhat are Cinematics?
Cinematics are motion films. Cinematics can be created using Warcraft III World Editor, and it can look real good and become a legendary cinematic such as CotD or CotN if they are that good.
Practice makes perfect, keep practicing and you'll be the next Zurg!
What is Needed?Cinematic Tutorial Links:
- Warcraft III World Editor (It is possible in RoC, but it might be a bit more difficult)
- Basic Cinematic and Triggering Knowledge
- Basics of A Cinematic -- Archian
- Cinematics -- Bob27
- Cinematics -- XXXconanXXX
- Cinematics -- Purgeandfire (me)
- Exact Cinematic Timing -- Waldbaer
Introduction:
In this contest, you and other members will compete to see who created the best cinematic. Like many other contests, I want this one to be clean and spam free, so here are the rules:
Rules:
- Do NOT SPAM here!
- Do not make pointless posts
- Please post here if you would like to join
- Do not say "This contest sux! muahaha!" Keep your opinions to yourself please
- Do NOT steal other people's work, it will result in an automatic disqualification
- Please follow the theme mentioned below in your cinematic
- Please post maps under 26 MB, I don't want it to be a recreation of Zurg's horrifying cinematic file sizes
- All imported materials must be credited
- Please follow the time limits
- No using maps you already were working on
- Do not submit more than 1 cinematic, but if you do, choose only one to be your final cinematic
Theme:
This contest's theme is humor cinematics. To those who don't know what humor cinematics are, it is basically comedies that are funny. It can be a parody, a random cinematic, or anything you want as long as it can make you laugh. I do not want you to drift to far away from this theme such as having one joke then the rest all serious. What you need to do is create a cinematic that has "humor" added into it so that it is funny, even if it is only funny in your opinion but please do not do something rude or make fun of someone, unless it is me because I can take jokes like that.
Refusing to follow this theme will cause an automatic disqualification in the contest.
Grading:
I am the judge to this contest and I will be grading you on the subjects below. I will be fair, so don't worry. There will be no public poll though most would assume that it would be so since it is for entertainment. Though I will be judging on more than just entertainment, though that is a huge factor.
I'll be grading on the storyline, plot, conflict, climax, and resolution, which are all used in stories.
The music and sounds also count; if you have bad choice in music or souds, you will get a low score. If you don't use music or sounds at all, you'll get a 0 on that grading factor. The coding and terrain are also factors of them.
I want the coding to be neat and clean; and I want the terrain to be amazing as if it were Zurg's or 2-P's. Don't complain about that, everyone can terrain if they try, which is what I want all of you to do; try.
The entertainment is also a grading factor, it must be entertaining and not dull or boring or else it will get a low score on that.
For battle cinematics, the quality, sfx, and cheesiness are all grading factors wrapped into one. Good quality means that it is clean and not blurry or too fast etc. The sfx must be there because almost all great battle cinematics have special effects, though I'm not sure about the Spirit of Vengeance. The cheesiness is a huge factor. I don't want too cheesy battles where they fight then suddenly go "let's be friends!" Unless that is a part of the humor but I still don't want to see stuff like that unless you're making fun of it. For more details, look below.
Here is what I will be grading on:
Story Cinematics:
Storyline - 40 Points
The storyline of a story cinematic is very important, if it is original, unique, creative, and interesting, you will most likely get 40/40 (10 Points for each)
Conflict - 20 Points
The conflict isn't necessarily the storyline, it is the problem or situation in the cinematic. If it is original, creative, and interesting, it will get 20/20. (About 6 points for each)
Plot - 15 Points
This is the series of events in the story. If it is unique, creative, and interesting, it will get 15/15 most likely. (5 Points each)
Climax & Resolution - 25 Points
The climax is the most exiting part of the cinematic, I don't want the whole thing to be just dull and real boring, there should be an exiting part. The resolution is how the story ends, I don't want to see crappy endings. If these are unique, creative, interesting, makes me want to see it again, and it keeps the person entertained, it will get 25/25. (5 points each)
Music & Sounds - 10 Points
Music is also important to a cinematic, without music, it will be boring. If you use good sounds in your cinematic and if you choose good Warcraft music given, you will get 10/10 if they match what you need.
Other Sounds - +5 Bonus Points
If you import other sounds for music and sounds, it will be possible to get 5 bonus points to your grade. You will also get the Music and Sounds points as long as your music is good and match the cinematic or scene.
Coding - 5 Points
I dislike bad codes and really long ones stuffed into one trigger or something like that. If your trigger coding is good, neat, and organized, you can get 5/5 points.
Terrain - 15 Points
Flat and bad terrain is what I strongly dislike. Please try hard to terrain your map and do not overflow it with doodads and things like that. If you are a bad terrainer, please view some tutorials and look at nature pictures for some inspiration. Terrain, atmosphere, and weather are all part of the grading. (5 Points Each)
Other - 5 Points
Any other criteria to be graded on will be graded, so I expect the cinematic to have more than just what was mentioned above.
Entertainment - 50 Points
If this keeps me entertained a lot and if it is very interesting, you could get 50/50 points!
Overall Grading: X/185
Battle Cinematics:
Storyline - 10 PointsMany battles don't have storylines, but I want this to have at least a bit of storyline to it. If you have that and it is good, then you can get 10/10 points.
Conflict - 20 Points
The conflict isn't necessarily the storyline, it is the problem or situation in the cinematic. If it is original, creative, and interesting, it will get 20/20. (About 6 points for each)
Plot - 15 Points
This is the series of events in the story. If it is unique, creative, and interesting, it will get 15/15 most likely. (5 Points each)
Climax & Resolution - 25 Points
The climax is the most exiting part of the cinematic, I don't want the whole thing to be just dull and real boring, there should be an exiting part. The resolution is how the story ends, I don't want to see crappy endings. If these are unique, creative, interesting, makes me want to see it again, and it keeps the person entertained, it will get 25/25. (5 points each)
Music & Sounds - 10 Points
Music is also important to a cinematic, without music, it will be boring. If you use good sounds in your cinematic and if you choose good Warcraft music given, you will get 10/10 if they match what you need.
Other Sounds - +5 Bonus Points
If you import other sounds for music and sounds, it will be possible to get 5 bonus points to your grade. You will also get the Music and Sounds points as long as your music is good and match the cinematic or scene.
Coding - 5 Points
I dislike bad codes and really long ones stuffed into one trigger or something like that. If your trigger coding is good, neat, and organized, you can get 5/5 points.
Terrain - 15 Points
Flat and bad terrain is what I strongly dislike. Please try hard to terrain your map and do not overflow it with doodads and things like that. If you are a bad terrainer, please view some tutorials and look at nature pictures for some inspiration. Terrain, atmosphere, and weather are all part of the grading. (5 Points Each)
Special Effects, Battle Quality, and Cheesiness - 35 Points
If you have good sfx, the battle quality is good, and it isn't that cheesy, then you can get 30/30 points. If it doesn't have many sfx, but the existing ones are good, I'll still give you the points. The battle quality is the quality of the battle and how it is. It must be creative, not just continous attacks. I want it to be creative such as by using traps or making units hide or using shadows. If your cinematic is really cheesy (Not actual cheese), then you could get -10 points because cheesyness does not always keep people entertained. (About 12 Points Each)
Other - 5 PointsAny other criteria to be graded on will be graded, so I expect the cinematic to have more than just what was mentioned above.
Entertainment - 50 Points
If this keeps me entertained a lot and if it is very interesting, you could get 50/50 points!
Overall Grading: X/185
If your cinematic does not take part in one of the categories above, it will be graded on its key concepts that are used in that cinematic genre/type.
Deadline:
- Deadline = July 31st - That is plenty of time to make a cinematic, it is more than 1 and a half months!
Time Limits:
- The time limit is 2-20 minutes
Conclusion:
Have fun creating cinematics!
All users are accepted in this contest, whether you are a newb or an advanced super cinematic expert.
Have fun!
~Purgeandfire
Rewards
These are the rewards for the contest:
- 1st Place - +55 Rep and Icon
- 2nd Place - +35 Reputation
- 3rd Place - +25 Reputation
Competitors
Please create cinematics and don't forget to try and put your best efforts into them!
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